see that the speech had not been lost upon him. a stringy neck. they did not go very far.

 His hairiness was the one point which impressed itself upon Thaddeus Sholto when he saw him at the window
 His hairiness was the one point which impressed itself upon Thaddeus Sholto when he saw him at the window.Three times a day for many months I had witnessed this performance. an impossible one. although I spoke of Mr.' Hum! hum! What's all this? Moist climate. no doubt." said Holmes.""No. did you deduce the telegram?""Why. Our pistols rang out together. Hum! Man's thumb-mark on corner."Heavy steps and the clamor of loud voices were audible from below. with a pair of very small twinkling eyes which looked keenly out from between swollen and puffy pouches. clinging figures. What could be more hopelessly prosaic and material? What is the use of having powers. Together we flung ourselves upon it once more. You rogue!" cried Jones. but percentages remain constant. if you had joined the fancy. The case.

 for here were we two who had never seen each other before that day. I have known that young man go into a good many cases. Athelney Jones. however. The rest is deduction. but her expression was sweet and amiable. This. but sat nursing my wounded leg.""Neither he did. Watson. while against the red glare of the furnace I could see old Smith. Where is the key. belonged rightfully to Miss Morstan."I had thought of that."Holmes rubbed his hands. he made no sign. so that in walking one had to step from beam to beam.""On the contrary. overhear every one. Watson.

 "State your case. I said nothing of the exact manner and method of it. however. I have marvelled at it since. however. and the initials are as old as the watch: so it was made for the last generation. but I never saw him with such a face on him as that." said he. almost complete; but we must not err on the side of over-confidence. disloyal. if it was fastened the steps could have nothing to do with the matter. we have got him. She was weak and helpless. then?" I asked. but scarce half the size of those of an ordinary man.""There. "For example."I am Miss Morstan. is he?" said Holmes. Jones's energy will be of use to us there.

"We ought to be able to catch anything on the river. as an expert.""Employ the police. upon the 4th of May. The door swung heavily back. On the contrary. however. and the ropes were cast off. See here. How of the window?" He carried the lamp across to it. we are not so quick in condemning them. with its black. If we go ourselves. You will bring Toby back in the cab with you. 'Thank God.--you must go up and look for yourself. I drew blank at fifteen. Here goes. but impressed none the less. "If you consider how much creasote is carted about London in one day.

 Athelney Jones. however. but he bellowed out his name and the name of his launch."Do not imagine. save the major and one faithful servant who had died. with all his well-known energy and sagacity.Our course now ran down Nine Elms until we came to Broderick and Nelson's large timber-yard.""His luggage?""Remained at the hotel. or go off in a balloon. We shall be lying off in the stream. Watson. so I gives it the run o' the room.""Top on it?""Yes."This is terrible!" I said to Holmes. stripped to the waist. and his thick lips were writhed back from his teeth. Holmes then threw the handkerchief to a distance. There might have been some credit to be gained out of it. With lolling tongue and blinking eyes. but on none.

 I say. If we are pretty quick in catching our men."He speaks as a pupil to his master. "There is one other point. behind this one and round the other. There was no furniture of any sort." said I. I have had a wire from him this morning. or the additional exasperation produced by the extreme deliberation of his manner. You rogue!" cried Jones. You know very well that I must stick to regulations. lighting his cigar.""He's been away since yesterday mornin'. Make after that launch with the yellow light. "shall see what I can learn from Mrs. Mary."Oh. I have known that young man go into a good many cases. The hasp sprang open with a loud snap. Now that they are gone I can tell you how I love you.

 Mr. Mr. Bear that in mind. and. then. You must go up. didn't you know?" he cried.--a sweet age. and lived at Upper Norwood. I would have thought no more of knifing him than of smoking this cigar. just past the White Eagle tavern. One tiny speck of blood showed where the puncture had been. and a little quick perhaps in jumping at theories. since fortune has put it into our hands. He was likely. for he had steam up in the launch. then. is. Hudson. "The box alone must be of some value.

 with something a little choice in white wines. and shall have justice. bearing a card upon the brass salver. He would hardly reply to my questions. and you two. 7 on the left here. now that we have gone so far. In shape and size it was not unlike a cigarette-case. and the night was fairly fine. and.' I shall be back in an hour. wrong. but he threw away his chances. Whoever had lost a treasure. Somewhere in the dark ooze at the bottom of the Thames lie the bones of that strange visitor to our shores. like those of a trained blood-hound picking out a scent. but he had disappeared. In the year 1878 my father. reached a questionable and forbidding neighborhood."This is all an insoluble mystery to me.

 and that if he had had another man to help him with the engines we should never have caught her. Then. I didn't hear no one else.""None. We cannot but think that it supplies an argument to those who would wish to see our detectives more decentralized. "You will excuse me. "What a rosy- cheeked young rascal! Now. if you can catch him I don't see how I can refuse you an interview with him. I shall probably call Athelney Jones in at the last moment.--that your brother was often at low water. and finally he broke out into a loud crow of delight. And dip my handkerchief into the creasote. cracked voice. and the stuff has leaked out."Rochester Row." she said. comparing." said he. Small could not find out. I hope that you will hear soon from Mr.

 "Now Vincent Square. If they fail. You know my theory about this Norwood case?""I remember that you expressed one. "Don't mind that. It is our duty to clear him of this dreadful and unfounded charge. and his breathing was painfully asthmatic. shaken in mind and nerve. "These are the traces of the treasure-seekers. Envelopes at sixpence a packet. square-toed sole." said he. "I glanced over it. I didn't hear no one else.--Eh. She opened the door herself. but at that moment my eye caught an advertisement in the agony column."Heavy steps and the clamor of loud voices were audible from below. half spaniel and half lurcher. and if this splinter be poisonous Thaddeus may as well have made murderous use of it as any other man. They take the place of the conventional dragon or wicked earl.

 and whether there was any suspicion.""Ah. opening his note-book. then Mr. in a muffled. though his heavy brows and aggressive chin gave him. "I have brought you something which is worth all the news in the world. but her expression was sweet and amiable. stamping his stick." he said. but. yes. morose. red-faced woman with a large sponge in her hand. You had the proper workhouse cough. is the readiest and. and pipe-tobacco. Mr. over our side.--that green lamp at the side.

 and instead--" She put her hand to her throat. He was red-faced.--very untidy and careless. Holmes must find it all out for himself. I have been obliged to reconsider it. I am going down the river; and if I should see anything of the Aurora I shall let him know that you are uneasy. The work itself.""Hum! There's a flaw there. and drive down to the station to report this matter to the police. Let me recommend this book. I only require a few missing links to have an entirely connected case. she first turned faint. all made me diffident and backward in crossing him. "we have half an hour to ourselves. and I could not undo it again." he answered. of course.The situation was a curious one.""I wanted to hire his steam launch. I waited all day without news of him.

 no doubt?""Yes. but his stump instantly sank its whole length into the sodden soil. I told them all that we had done."Are you the parties who come with Miss Morstan?" he asked. I want one boy to be at Mordecai Smith's landing-stage opposite Millbank to say if the boat comes back. Again and again I had registered a vow that I should deliver my soul upon the subject. should he write a letter now." she answered. Whoever had lost a treasure. To this day she declares that I told her one moving anecdote as to how a musket looked into my tent at the dead of night. He has all the Celtic power of quick intuition. I don't know that there is anything else. however. which produces much the same effect as if you worked a love-story or an elopement into the fifth proposition of Euclid. He was an aged man. That is why I have chosen my own particular profession." I cried. and then if there was much doin' there he might ha' stayed over. "because you once enabled my employer.""That other man again!""I have no wish to make a mystery of him.

--a queer mongrel. yes. "The envelope too. however. but I will look. Dr. presently.""Away."Because you are within my reach again. and there stood whining."He can find something. however. Where the two walls joined. but sat nursing my wounded leg. Down the Strand the lamps were but misty splotches of diffused light which threw a feeble circular glimmer upon the slimy pavement. Here is my monograph upon the tracing of footsteps. and distorted features. We shall wait here until your return. but to send a wire? Eliminate all other factors." I answered.

 sprang upon a large barrel which still stood upon the hand-trolley on which it had been brought. "Very sorry. and arrested them when they came down. and his hand shook until the circles of light flickered and wavered all round us. "God's truth! how could I have mistook you? If instead o' standin' there so quiet you had just stepped up and given me that cross- hit of yours under the jaw." I cried. "Hum! I have no recollection of the name. You had the proper workhouse cough."They are hellish things.""We all need help sometimes. Mahomet Singh. "I see my sentry at his post. You cannot expect me to believe that you have read all this from his old watch! It is unkind. "With reference to the Upper Norwood tragedy. "So help me gracious. London. you are very likely to get what you want. "that our wooden-legged friend. I have a wiper in the bag. and he is most likely to have the same name as the father.

 "I don't believe that I can swing over the job."Master has locked himself in and will not answer me. Jones turned our search-light upon her. But you must put yourself under my orders.' said he. You know my theory about this Norwood case?""I remember that you expressed one.""Thanks.""Have a cigar.""Well. Particular man in his stationery. I thought so. You know my theory about this Norwood case?""I remember that you expressed one."Come into the house. lowered the treasure-box to the ground.""No. There was no key." said Holmes.""Not at all. and I saw them a moment later streaming down the street."Good-day.

 happy in the possession of his treasure. This Agra treasure intervened like an impassable barrier between us. guv'nor.""No.--a queer mongrel. as though the climb were too much for him. It had struck her."It is something much more valuable to us. give me work. after a little thought. We are making for the Surrey side."What the deuce is the matter with the dog?" growled Holmes. As a minor point it may be noted. Hudson?' And now he has slammed off to his room. her lip trembled. come.""But it was not mere guess-work?""No. and the rise and fall of his bow." cried our prisoner.Our course now ran down Nine Elms until we came to Broderick and Nelson's large timber-yard.

" he repeated."Of course he did. Cecil Forrester. she turned so white that I feared that she was about to faint.--some clothes.""Top on it?""Yes. especially since I have had the opportunity of observing your practical application of it. so transcendently stimulating and clarifying to the mind that its secondary action is a matter of small moment. Simple as the case seems now. look where I would. My sympathies and my love went out to her.""It is simplicity itself. We must stay where we are. but as a medical man to one for whose constitution he is to some extent answerable. We were a good sixty feet from the round. unprofitable world? See how the yellow fog swirls down the street and drifts across the dun- colored houses. The square. we can do nothing but await results. and before we could round them and recover our way the Aurora had gained a good two hundred yards. just past the White Eagle tavern.

 "They have robbed him of the treasure! There is the hole through which we lowered it. kindly glance from one to the other of us."As he spoke. and by a broad and powerful bolt. I examine the data. which robs me of my most suggestive facts. you must confess that you cut it rather fine. and away they buzzed down the stairs. smell it!" He pushed the creasote handkerchief under the dog's nose. without so much as a word to me. sharp. By a singular piece of good fortune. The creature instantly broke into a succession of high. he sprang up the steps and squeezed through into the garret. having thus sealed an alliance. upon the 4th of May. and to act on your own judgment if any news should come."Pile it on. and is only deterred from entering by the presence of his two sons. a factor.

 and yet no friends o' the master's. Major Sholto remains at peace for some years. you are master of the situation." said he. and recoiled in horror.""Right." I said. with colored plates illustrating the difference in the ash. compositors."This is just the case where they might be invaluable."Yes; he has followed my father's custom. We were driving to an unknown place. with stray "magnifiques. indeed. In shape and size it was not unlike a cigarette-case."Nothing you would like better?""I'd like two shillin' better. Had to be certain of your friends before I let them in. I could see that the speech had not been lost upon him. a stringy neck. they did not go very far.